추석, 한국의 추수감사절
Chuseok: Korea's Thanksgiving-Style Harvest Festival
Part of the July 21, 2026 daily edition
추석은 설날과 함께 한국의 가장 큰 명절입니다. 추석은 음력 8월 15일이고, 한가위라고도 부릅니다. 추석에는 보통 그해 수확한 곡식과 과일로 차례를 지냅니다. 그리고 송편을 먹습니다. 추석 연휴에는 많은 사람들이 고향에 가서 성묘를 합니다.
Translation
Chuseok, along with Seollal (Korean New Year), is Korea's biggest holiday. Chuseok falls on August 15 of the lunar calendar, and it is also called Hangawi. On Chuseok, people usually hold a memorial ceremony (charye) with the grains and fruits harvested that year. They also eat songpyeon (rice cakes). During the Chuseok holidays, many people go to their hometown to visit their ancestors' graves.
Vocabulary
- 명절명사 (noun)traditional holiday
- 음력명사 (noun)lunar calendar
- 수확하다동사 (verb)to harvest
- 차례명사 (noun)ancestral memorial rite
- 송편명사 (noun)songpyeon (half-moon rice cake)
- 고향명사 (noun)hometown
- 성묘하다동사 (verb)to visit an ancestral grave
Grammar points
-라고도 부르다is also called ~
Used to give an alternative name for something: 'is also called ~'.
Example: 추석은 한가위라고도 부릅니다.
Chuseok is also called Hangawi.
-아서/어서and then
Connects two actions in sequence, where the second happens after the first (here: 'go [somewhere] and then [do something]').
Example: 고향에 가서 성묘를 합니다.
I go to my hometown and then visit the ancestral graves.
-(으)로with, using
Marks the material or means used to do something: 'with/using ~'.
Example: 곡식과 과일로 차례를 지냅니다.
We hold the ancestral rite with grains and fruit.
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